Q: I cannot shift the gears after stopping at a toll gate on a highway

asked by on October 17, 2016

While cruising on a hi-way and you stop in a toll Plaza and all of a sudden you can not shift the gear due to the clutch pedal not able to push down. So we park the car for 5 mins and suddenly I can press again the clutch pedal and we drove again the car. What is the main reason of the problem? We change the primary clutch and it is still the same.

My car has 25000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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